On 15:49, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > Hello Doug , > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Doug Ledford wrote: > >These are a number of minor fixes we carry in our mdadm at the moment. > >Would > >prefer not to carry them ourselves ;-) > > > >Neil, any clue when you think might release mdadm-3.1.2? > Would you please annotate the git diffs you sent out ? > For one I am very confused about the change of > > - sprintf(path, "/var/run/mdadm/%s.pid", devname); > + sprintf(path, "/dev/.mdadm/%s.pid", devname); > > why ? For one . > > None of the other patches has a annotation either . While if one is > a kernel coding guru they are probably very readable . I am not but would > like to know what the intention is for the change(s) . The annotation is the subject line :) Before switching root it is sometimes desirable to mount --bind (or --move) the current /dev into the new root as the programs started from the new root will need the device nodes. For example the init scripts that run from the intramfs move /dev after it has been mounted as a ramfs and populated. I believe (Doug, please correct me if the following is wrong) the advantage of storing mdmon's pid files in /dev is that in /dev they remain visible after the switch to the new root. That's the "handoff after pivotroot" in the subject. Regards Andre -- The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
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